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Quadratic Jordan algebra

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Definition

Let Φ\Phi be a commutative ring with unit, and let JJ be a module over Φ\Phi with an element 1∈J1 \in J. Let U ⁣:J→End⁡Φ(J)U \colon J \to \End_\Phi(J), x↦Uxx \mapsto U_x, be a quadratic map: Uαx=α2UxU_{\alpha x} = \alpha^2 U_x for α∈Φ\alpha \in \Phi, and (x,z)↦Ux+z−Ux−Uz(x, z) \mapsto U_{x + z} - U_x - U_z is bilinear. For x,y,z∈Jx, y, z \in J put {x,y,z}=(Ux+z−Ux−Uz) y\set{x, y, z} = (U_{x + z} - U_x - U_z)\, y, and let Vx,yV_{x, y} be the map z↦{x,y,z}z \mapsto \set{x, y, z}. The triple (J,U,1)(J, U, 1) is a quadratic Jordan algebra if for all x,y∈Jx, y \in J:

  1. U1=id⁡JU_1 = \id_J;
  2. UxVy,x=Vx,yUxU_x V_{y, x} = V_{x, y} U_x;
  3. UUxy=UxUyUxU_{U_x y} = U_x U_y U_x;
  4. clauses 1 to 3 also hold after extending scalars to J⊗ΦΩJ \otimes_\Phi \Omega, for every commutative Φ\Phi-algebra Ω\Omega with unit.

Remarks

Example: a unital associative Φ\Phi-algebra AA with Uxy=xyxU_x y = xyx. Then {x,y,z}=xyz+zyx\set{x, y, z} = xyz + zyx, and clause 1 holds since 1y1=y1y1 = y. Clause 3: Uxyxz=xyx z xyx=UxUyUxzU_{xyx} z = xyx\, z\, xyx = U_x U_y U_x z. Clause 2: both UxVy,xzU_x V_{y, x} z and Vx,yUxzV_{x, y} U_x z equal xyxzx+xzxyxxyxzx + xzxyx. Clause 4 holds because A⊗ΦΩA \otimes_\Phi \Omega is again associative.

Non-example: any J≠0J \ne 0 with Ux=0U_x = 0 for all xx fails clause 1.

If 12∈Φ\frac{1}{2} \in \Phi, a unital Jordan algebra gives a quadratic Jordan algebra with Uxy=2x(xy)−(xx)yU_x y = 2x(xy) - (xx)y. Conversely, the product xy=12{x,1,y}xy = \frac{1}{2}\set{x, 1, y} recovers the Jordan algebra, so the two notions agree. Clause 3 is called the fundamental formula.

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